User16370330549592969269 (Customer Support Online Experience) asked a question.
Ensuring continuous application access is vital for agencies operating in challenging environments. From remote military operations to critical infrastructure planning for internet disruptions, Okta partnered with SelectTech to field the Tactical Identity Bridge Appliance (TIBA) to support Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) requirements at the tactical edge.
Join Sabrina Lea and Allie Smith from Okta's Department of Defense team as they delve into the intricacies of TIBA. Discover how this solution, comprising microservices and cloud-native SaaS technology, addresses the needs of enterprise unclassified environments, ensuring seamless operations even in disconnected scenarios.
Ask questions from today to Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Please use the Answer button below to ask your questions.
Come back on Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. PST to join the online session as our Okta Tactical Edge Product Experts answer your questions.
Want to learn more details about this AMA session? Check out this blog article -> https://support.okta.com/help/s/blog/a674z000000144rAAA/join-us-for-an-exclusive-ask-me-anything-event-on-the-okta-tactical-edge-soluti?language=en_US
Can't wait, great news!
Hello,
We are working on an application for a Government Agency which requires the use of a Customer Identity solution.
As per this page - https://www.okta.com/solutions/public-sector/department-of-defense/, Okta offers Customer Identity products that are compliant with Impact Level 4 (IL4) and IL5 environments.
Also, as per this page - https://www.okta.com/free-trial/customer-identity/, Auth0 is becoming the Okta Customer Identity Cloud.
In this regard,
Thank you.
HI Pradhan!
At this time, Okta does not provide a regulated instance of Auth0 for Department of Defense customers that require IL4 or IL5 compliance.
Thank you, Allie.
Is there separate documentation related to the features of Customer Identity Solution (CIS), its SDK and the REST APIs or is it the same as Okta Workforce Identity?
How does the TIBA know how to connect back to Okta when there’s internet?
HI Alejandra!
TIBA is a collection of microservices that can be run in any customer environment, including networks that may become temporarily disconnected from the internet. One of the microservices in TIBA is a gateway, checking for connectivity to Okta. Applications in the remote/disconnected region are all pointed to the gateway as their Identity Provider. When network conditions are favorable, TIBA’s gateway leverages the full functionality of Okta as the Identity solution. When network conditions are not favorable (or when users manually place TIBA into disconnected mode), the gateway uses local Identity microservices to meet these requirements.
What Okta products are included in the TIBA?
Hi Whitney!
There is no Okta functionality embedded within TIBA. Rather, custom connectors were built into the TIBA microservices that communicate with Okta through standard protocols such as SCIM and REST. Okta seamlessly integrates with TIBA to facilitate the use of Universal Directory (UD), Single Sign-on (SSO), and Lifecycle Management (LCM) when TIBA is connected to the internet.